References

  1. · “One of the stages of plastic recycling that most threaten its feasibility as a productive operation is the sorting of plastic material from mixed waste and, especially, separation of the different types of plastic, which is hindered by the fact that quite different plastics may be used for the same end.” (Sati & Santos, 2009)

Sati, M., & Santos, A. S. (2009). Plastic Recyling. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 7-58.

  1. “Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) is a generic term that includes different mechanical processes, like grinding, shredding, dimensional sorting, etc., as well as biological processes like biostabilization, composting through aerobic digestion, and anaerobic digestion.“ (Stapf, Wexler, Ciceri, Jahansson, & Whitty, 2019)

Stapf, D., Wexler, M., Ciceri, G., Jahansson, I., & Whitty, K. (2019). Pretreatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) for gasification (Biomass pre-treatment for bioenergy – Case study 3). IEA Bioenergy, 1-23.

  1. Using an ionic detergent such as Dawn should prove to meet our criteria for accessibility, effectiveness at cleaning, and cost-effectiveness.

Roosen, Harinck, L., Ügdüler, S., De Somer, T., Hucks, A.-G., Belé, T. G. A., Buettner, A., Ragaert, K., Van Geem, K. M., Dumoulin, A., & De Meester, S. (2022). Deodorization of post-consumer plastic waste fractions: A comparison of different washing media. The Science of the Total Environment, 812, 152467–152467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152467

  1. Brown RM, Hoover AN, Klinger JL, Wahlen BD, Hartley D, Lee H and Thompson VS (2022) Decontamination of Mixed Paper and Plastic Municipal Solid Waste Increases Low and High Temperature Conversion Yields. Front. Energy Res. 10:834832. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.834832